Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 6 April at 11:00.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			59.14	Q
2	2	5			59.80	Q
3	2	4			1:00.20	Q
4	3	5			1:00.29	Q
4	4	3			1:00.29	Q
6	3	4			1:00.92	Q
7	2	3			1:01.13	Q
8	4	5			1:01.63	Q
9	2	6			1:01.66	Q
10	4	6			1:01.77	Q
11	3	3			1:02.17	Q
12	4	2			1:02.61	Q
13	3	2			1:04.25	Q
14	3	7			1:04.88	Q
15	2	2			1:05.46	Q
16	4	7			1:05.83	Q
17	1	5			1:06.25
18	3	1			1:06.49
19	2	8			1:07.29
20	3	8			1:07.51
21	4	1			1:07.92
22	2	1			1:08.11
23	4	8			1:08.36
24	2	7			1:08.59
25	1	3			1:09.17
26	1	4			1:09.55
27	1	6			1:11.60
28	1	7			1:22.77
29	1	2			1:31.57
	3	6			DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:32.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			59.69	Q
2	5			1:00.01	Q
3	3			1:00.07	Q
4	6			1:00.43	Q
5	2			1:01.47
6	7			1:01.62
7	1			1:04.91
8	8			1:05.07

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			58.59	Q, GR
2	5			59.74	Q
3	3			59.89	Q
4	6			1:01.29	Q
5	7			1:01.45
6	2			1:01.47
7	1			1:04.39
8	8			1:05.09

Final

The final was held on 7 April at 19:48.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			58.84
	5			59.43
	3			59.44
4	2			59.70
5	7			59.89
6	1			1:00.42
7	6			1:00.48
8	8			1:01.13

Notes and References

1. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM100MBR------------HEAT--------.pdf Heats results
2. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM100MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf Semifinals results
3. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM100MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf Final results